Unusual these days, but my car did NOT come pre-tinted from the dealer. Here in Phoenix, window tints are something you cannot live without, as our summers are generally spent at temps in excess of 110-120.

Thus, I need to have my windows tinted, but I was hoping for some feedback about what tint brands are better than others. My dealer wants to charge me close to $400 for 3M, which seems crazy high to me.

Looking for any recommendations, and if you know a tinter in Phoenix, that would be great too.

Unusual these days, but my car did NOT come pre-tinted from the dealer. Here in Phoenix, window tints are something you cannot live without, as our summers are generally spent at temps in excess of 110-120.

Thus, I need to have my windows tinted, but I was hoping for some feedback about what tint brands are better than others. My dealer wants to charge me close to $400 for 3M, which seems crazy high to me.

Looking for any recommendations, and if you know a tinter in Phoenix, that would be great too.

Which 3M tint, they have several? If the Crystalline, that seems to be a reasonable deal, based on what others have posted. It's expensive, but has superior heat rejection, which is probably what you're looking for? If you search the forum you'll find several other recommendations, although most recommendations seem to be for the color / "look" and not necessarily for how effectively they reject heat.

Unusual these days, but my car did NOT come pre-tinted from the dealer. Here in Phoenix, window tints are something you cannot live without, as our summers are generally spent at temps in excess of 110-120.

Thus, I need to have my windows tinted, but I was hoping for some feedback about what tint brands are better than others. My dealer wants to charge me close to $400 for 3M, which seems crazy high to me.

Looking for any recommendations, and if you know a tinter in Phoenix, that would be great too.

That's ridiculously overpriced, My guy is going to give the top of the line Nano-Film best on the market for $250 3m by the way

I got mine with a lifetime warranty for around $200. Obviously, places that say they cater to luxury cars feel they can charge a lot more for the same product. It's not rocket science, nor does it take long if you have someone that knows what they're doing, but like everything else where a labor cost is involved, people are going to charge premium prices if they can get away with it.

I got mine with a lifetime warranty for around $200. Obviously, places that say they cater to luxury cars feel they can charge a lot more for the same product. It's not rocket science, nor does it take long if you have someone that knows what they're doing, but like everything else where a labor cost is involved, people are going to charge premium prices if they can get away with it.

I have Wincos IR tint and it really helps reducing the heat in the summer of Texas. Compared it with Llumar and Huper Optik under InfraRed light and Wincos is the coolest among all of them(HO is very close). Wincos cost a bit more than HO but I think it worth every penny.

My tint guy said he could have done my car without the felt/moleskin strips but if the tint scratched later on the tint manufacturer wouldn't honor the lifetime warranty because it wasn't installed properly.

The two HO lines supposedly reflect away the heat in the summer time, leading to cooler temps within the car. They have a heat lamp demonstration of each tint line in the store that I am going to check out this weekend.

Spending that much on tint seems nuts, but I don't want to regret my decision in July when it is 118 degrees outside.